Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-11-05
FEepINo rHe ourcAaIa.


scenes Aiming Ioudon's Icor-~Ttie Little
waifs OF Trafalgar square.
An interesting scenc lately took place
in Trafalgar square about O'Clock one
Saturday morning, when the poor out
casts eonGregatcl there to sleep were
charitably fel with brea I, AMI abant
fifty of the most forlorn boys amono
them were taken away to the rOntcasts'
Hayen.e Ia Burdett road. Iiaaehonse.
Mr.. Alfred Austin and other gentlemen
have been for some time past Ectivcly oc-
eupied IN Kidnapping, 20 to speak. The
miserable little waits that abound nightly
in the square and bearing them or to the
haven. Thes are, Of course, kept at The
home, which they are not allowed to
leave until they have il their hands that
sygll.:.:s..: will enable them TO get their own
living. The feeding Of the outcasts gem
orally, with bread was tried for the first
time Saturday. Some of them seemed to
be aware of what was going to take
place, and when a covered van, contan-
ing about 300 loayes Of bread, cut into
large pieces, was driven up 70 the north
side OF the square, there was q general
stir, though many seemed too sleepy or
absorbed in then own wretchelness to
care to stir themselves. The majority,
however, reused themselves when they
found that something was going to be
given away ia the shape of food and
crowded eagerly round the good Samari-
tan who hadcharge Of the bread
Some devcured it with avidity, others
ate it sullenly, few took il untlanl-
fully, and, after a bite or two, thrust it
snto their pockets, remarking; .It'sonly
bread. !" With many however, there
was a general clamor For more, which
was at once given to them One of the
outcasts, little Irish woman, who
seemed to lie rather the worse for drink,
was particularly busy in rushing about
among the forlorn groups Of humanity
and denonnclng them as ''humbugs."
In yainsth he good humored policemen told
her to keep quiet She would not, and
when some If the men crowded round
Mr.. Austin and told him how wretched
and hungry they We're she shouted out:
Its OIL a piantl all a plantl Ny
boy (whoever he was) knows emil lie
sells matches with emil It's all plant!'
The bread having been distributed, Mr..
Austin and those with him, assisted by
the police and some of the outcasts them
selves, sought out the most wretched
boys and asked them if they would like
to so where they would be made COM
Portable. "Yon 60, said clean looking
lad, who had been taken to the haven
the previous night, and who looked all
Che better for the change. to several Of
the boys; sits fine. | can tell You.
Some did not want much persuasion,
but others seemed hardly to understand
what was going to be done with them,
aad were apparently half afraid they
were going to be taken away to be locked
Up in the station house. Very soon,
however, there was a general clamor
of Take me, master! Take me!
Ill go! Do take met But many
Of those who wanted to go were
too old. None over 16, . said Mr.. Aus
tin, upon which there was a general cry
from the rejected ones Of II amt le,
master. I'm only -, 2 or Il ain t turned
Ia, master 1t was curious to note that
while all this conversation was going on
some of the outcasts never stirred at all
apparently too absorbed in their miser-
able contemplations to take any interest
in what was going on.
AT length the boys who were to 20
were all got together, and move was
made toward the van, into which they
quickly climbed, laughing and talking
loudly among themselves, and apparently
delighted at the sudden change for the
better in their fortunes. Presently they
struck up singing "Rule Britannia,
which, as the van was driven off, changed
to the music hall ditty of For they re all
very fine and large, they're all very fine
and large, apparently in derision Of the
rejected ones, who Were too old or too big
to be taken away, the old Irish woman
hanging on to the last, and declaring that
it was ''aH a plant" 1t was as much as
the horse could do to drag the van, so
closely was it packed. A woman who
met the vansas it slowly moved off was
very indignant at the shorse having to
drag such a load, and declared that it was
cruelty to animals, and that she would
inform the police. London News